title: Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of full-length cDNA coding for mouse contrapsin.
abstract: Four overlapping cDNA clones encoding contrapsin were isolated from a mouse liver cDNA library constructed in the expression vector, lambda gt11. M13 vector sequence analysis revealed that contrapsin cDNA contained an open reading frame of 1,254 bases encoding 418 amino acids. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the isolated contrapsin matched residues 30 to 48 of the sequence deduced on nucleotide analysis. One clone, which had the longest 3' untranslated region, contained two sets of tandem polyadenylation signals, AATACA and AATAAA, which were located 497 bases apart, while the remaining three clones terminated at the first signal. The entire reading frame sequence of contrapsin cDNA showed 64% homology with that of human alpha-1-antichymotrypsin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sinohara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D015843:Serpins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015843:Serpins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; C033691:contrapsin; D004247:DNA